Washing-machine



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J. H. TAYLOR. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 599,540. Patented Feb. 22, 1898 I lax/611201 (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J.H.TAYLOR. WASHING MACHINE. No. 599,540. Patented Feb. 22, 1898.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,540, dated February 22, 1898. Application filed April 7, 1896. Serial No. 586,585. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, Lucas county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a washing-machine in which a swinging interiorly-grooved box, a pounder, and a force-pump are combined; and its object is to provide means by which washingmachines of the tumbling-box, the pounder, and the force-pump classes may be combined in one apparatus and caused to operate in concert. I attain these objects by means of the device, mechanism, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, made part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device with its parts in operative position; Fig. 2, a side elevation of a portion of the same, showing the lid, with its appendages, in clevated and locked position, as hereinafter described; and Fig. 2-5 is a plan view of my machine, showing the lid closed.

Like numerals indicate like parts in all the views.

In the drawings, 1 is a box rectangular in form, except that its bottom is curved in the arc of a circle. This box is mounted and adapted to swing in a frame consisting of two uprights 2, one on either side of the box, stepped in feet or floor-pieces 3, the pieces 2 and 3 being suitably braced by intermediate pieces. (Not shown in the drawings.)

It will be understood that while but one side of my machine is shown in the drawings both sides are exactly alike. Near their top the upright pieces 2 are provided with horizontal bars or brackets 4:, parallel with the sides of the box 1, secured to the inner side of the upright pieces 2 and having their upper edges toothed or notched as a rack. Secured to the side of the box is a bracket or piece 5, resembling the segment of a gearwheel, the periphery of which rests upon and in engagement with the toothed bar 4, the two toothed pieces forming a support for the box, which permits the box to be'swung, the segmental piece 5 rolling to and fro upon the bar 4. The toothed meeting surfaces of pieces 4 and 5 prevent the box from sliding or being thrown from itsbearings by the dash of the water inside the box. One end of the box is provided with upright pieces 6, united by a cross-bar 7, forming a handle by means of which the box may be conveniently oscillated. The bottom of the box upon its inner side is ribbed or grooved or provided with rollers, as at 8, after the fashion of a wash board. The box is provided with a tight cover, a part of which is permanent and part of which is a lid 9, hinged, as at 10, to the stationary part of the cover. Upon the lid midway of its width and near its pivoted end is mounted a pair of standards 11, between which, at their top, is fulcrumed abell-crank lever 12. A bail or bent piece 13 has its extremities journaled in the upright pieces 2, near their top, and passes through one end of the bell-crank lever. The opposite end of the bell-crank lever is pivotally connected to the upper end of a pump-rod which extends downwardly through the lid 9. Upon the lower end of the pump-rod 14 is secured a plunger 15, movable in bell-mouthed pump casing 16, the casing being suspended from the pump-rod and upon the plunger 15. The end of the box opposite the working handles projects upwardly, as at 1'7, and is adapted to support a clothes-wringer. In the bottom of the box is a hole supplied with a plug (not shown in the drawings) by which the water may be drawn from the interior of the box.

The operation of my device is as follows: The clothing to be washed and the soapsuds are placed within the box and the lid 9 is closed and tightly secured by any suitable means provided for that purpose. The operator by means of the cross-bar or handle 7 now swings the box to and fro upon its toothed bearings 4t and 5, which throws the contents of the box from one end to the other of the interior of the box, rolling and rubbing the mass of clothing upon the corrugated or ribbed bottom 8 and driving the water alternately in opposite directions. through the moving mass. As the end of the box next the opera tor is pushed downwardly the segmental supporting-piece 5 rolls on its bearing 4, carrying the box bodily toward the operator. The pull of the pivotal bail or arm 13 upon the arm of the bell-crank lever lifts the opposite end of the bell-crank lever, carrying upwardly with it pump-rod 14 and pump 15 16. The pump-casing, being somewhat loose upon its plunger, does not travel upwardly as rapidly as does the plunger. Hence the pump-casingis drawn full of soapsuds by the upward stroke. The operators end of the box being pressed downwardly to its limit the pump is now raised to its limit and is full of soapsuds. The motion of the box is now reversed and the box is swung in the opposite direction to its limit, causing a movement of the bellcrank, pump-rod, and pump the opposite of that just described, forcing the bell-mouth of the pump-casing down upon the mass of clothing as a clothes-pounder and at the same time forcing the contents of the pump through the underlying clothing. Thus it will be seen that as the box is swung to and fro on its bearings the clothes are thrown violently from one end of the box to the other, rolling and rubbing the clothing over the corrugated bottom, while the pump-casing 16 serves as a pounder and the force-pump forces the water violently through the clothing from the top. When it is desired to remove the clothing, the fastenings for the lid are loosened and the lid is thrown upwardly upon its hinges 10, the bell-crank lever 12 and the bail 13 yielding to this movement of the lid, which forces the bail down upon the top of the box just behind a stud 18, projecting upwardly from the top of the box. In this position of the lid (see Fig. 2) the stud 18 prevents the operators end of the box from being swung downwardly, while the arm of the bell-crank lever which is attached to the bail, being now in horizontal position, prevents the box from being swung in the opposite direction, so that when the lid is raised, as shown in the drawings,the box is held rigidlylocked against movement. A clothes-wringer may now be conveniently attached to the upwardly-projecting piece 17 and operated while the box is held thus locked. In this locked position a common washboard may be used with the box as with an ordinary washtub, and when the work is completed all the water may be drained from the box through the plug-hole, as above described.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a washing machine, a supportingframe, a box or vessel mounted and adapted to swing in said frame, a pump within said box or vessel, and connections intermediate said supporting-frame and said pump, adapted, through the motion of the box, to actuate said pump as a force-pump and as a clothespounder.

2. In a washing machine a supportingframe, a box or vessel mounted and adapted to swing in said frame, a lever fulcrumed on said box, a pump within said box connected with said lever, and pivotal connections intermediate said frame and said lever.

3. In a washing machine, a supporting frame, a box or vessel suspended therein, a combined pump and clothes-pounder within said vessel, a lever fulcrumed upon said box or vessel and connected with said pump and pounder, pivotal connections between said lever and said frame, a pair of toothed brackets on said frame, a pair of curved, toothed brackets on said box or vessel resting and adapted to roll upon said first-mentioned pair of brackets, whereby a swinging motion and a horizontal reciprocating motion may be given to said vessel, and whereby through said lever and said pivotal connections a vertical, reciprocating motion is imparted to said pump and pounder.

4. In a washing machine, a supportingframe, a box or vessel suspended and adapted to swing to and fro therein, a lid or cover hinged upon the top of said box or vessel, a combined pump and clothes pounder suspended from said lid within said vessel, a lever connected with said pump and mounted and fulcrumed upon said lid, and pivotal connections between said lever and said frame, whereby when said lid is opened said pump and pounder are lifted from the box, and the box is locked against movement.

JAMES H. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

ISAAC N. HUNTSBERGER, L. E. BROWN. 

